Researchers build anthrobots from human airway cells that self-assemble, move, self-heal, and reverse aging markers, offering insights into synthetic life systems.

The Human Cell Atlas is yielding detailed maps of human tissues and systems throughout life, along with methods to handle single-cell data. Four scientists reflect on how the project is transforming ...

Stem cells anchor the development of human organs and other structures, and, in some cases, can also perform repairs. The intensive interest in these developmental masterminds relates directly to ...

Spending time aboard the International Space Station (ISS) induced aging-like changes in a group of cells key for the health ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of space exploration on the human body.

The rigors of space travel could accelerate changes in the human body usually associated with aging. According to a new study ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

Researchers monitored human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells, responsible for producing all blood cells, from the bone ...